BEIJING: Approximately 2,500 new Pakistani students were enrolled in Chinese universities this year, taking the total number of Pakistani students in China to 22,000, according to a senior official of the Pakistani Embassy.

With such a large number of students from Pakistan studying at Chinese universities, China has now become the largest foreign destination for Pakistani students, he told APP here.

Out of the total number of Pakistani students, 3,000 are completing their PhD degrees while others are studying engineering, economic, management, agriculture, medicine, information technology, communication and languages.

According to experts, these students, who secured their admissions under scholarships, are representing Pakistani society in China and are fast becoming a source of enhancing cultural exchanges and people to people contacts between the two countries.